Improved car-replacer



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE FOVVLER, OF MACON, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVED CAR-REPLACER.

Specification forming part of Letters Pat-ent No. 45.485, dated December 20, 1864.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE FoWLEE, of Macon, in the county ot'Bureau and State of illinois, have invented a new and Improved Device for Placing Railroad-Cars on the Track; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which Will ena-ble those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ot' this specification, in which- Figure l is a plan or top view oi' my invention applied to the rails of a track; Fig. 2, a side view ot' the same, the sleepers being in section, as indicated by the line m x, Fig. l 5 Fig. 3, a side view oi' the same, the sleepers being in section, as indicated by the line y y, Fig. l; Fig. 4, a transverse vertical section of the same, taken in the line z z, Fig. 1; Fig. 5, a transverse vertical section of the same, taken in the line z' z', Fig. l; Fig. 6, a transverse vertical section of the same, also taken in the line z z, as Fig. 4, but showing a modiiication of Fig. 4.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

The object of this invention is to obtain a device ot' simple construction, which may be readily applied to the rails of a railroadtrack in order to place a car thereon.

A A' represent a portion of the two rails of a track, which may be ofthe ordinary form and laid upon sleepers B, and secured thereto as usual. B' B" are two short rails which are removable or adjustable. One of these short rails, B', is secured to the inner side of 011e ofthe rails, A, by means of a clamp, (l, shown more particularlyv in Fig. 5, said clamp being formed ot' a hook, a., which is fitted over one end of the base of the rail A, and passes underneath the same, and extends upward by the side ofthe rail B, near one end, the latter having a convex projection, b, to it into the concave side of therail A, to which it is attached. The opposite end ofthe rail B' is not attached to the rail A, but it is adjusted or placed at a greater or less distance i'rom it to suit the position of the car which is to be placed on the track. The free or disengaged end of the rail B' is inclined at its upper surface, as shown at c in Fig. 3, the remaining portion being flush with the rail A. The other removal or adjustable rail B" is ot' the same form as the rail B' andis secured at one end to the other rail, A', of the track by a clamp, C', in the same manner B' is attached to A.

The rail B" is attached to the outer side of the rail A', and is adjusted obliquely with it, so as to be parallel. with B'. This rail B' has its main or horizontal portion d higher or above the upper surface ot' the rail A', to admit of the ange of the carwheel passing over said rail in being adjusted upon it. (See Fig. 2.) i

The rail B' may be kept out a sufficient distance from the rail A by means of a piece of wood or other article inserted between them, the car-wheel having a tendency to press B' toward A while passing up B but the flange ot the wheel on B" will have a tendency to press the latter out from A', and hence the latter must be retained or held in position, which I accomplish by a bar, D, having'ahook, c, at one end to lit over the inner edge of the base of A', (see Fig. 4,) said bar extending underneath A', and being then curved vertically upward to bear against the outer side of the base of the rail, and then bent horizontally to pass through the rail B", the bar D having holes made iu it for keys to pass through.

In Fig. 6 a slight modification of the above bar I) is shown, a block, E, being fitted on the bar, said block being provided with a convex projection to tit into the concave side oi'B'.

This invention is extremely simple and eiiicient, may be very readily applied to the rails and removed from them.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The clamps O C', in combination with the rails B' B" and bar D, all constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

' GEORGE FOVLER.

Vitnesses JOSEPH FOWLER, DAVID T. S'roDDAnD. 

